Albino/hybrid/white gull, Surrey (1 Viewer)

[Frost1976]

hi, anyone got any idea what this gull might be. I think it's an odd Black Headed, just no colour on the wing. The pictures don't show it, but it's brilliant white in colour.

 

[Giroud Marc]

Yes ! Partial albino Balck Headed Gull...

 

[Farnboro John]

Yep. I think that bird's been around a few years, I'm pretty sure I've seen it a Moor Green Lakes in the past. Either that or its s common mutation in BHG.

John

 

[Frost1976]

Thanks guys. My initial excitement of a gleaming white gull about 200 yards from my house was quickly tempered when I got the bins/camera on it and could see the faint markings, but always good to get a second opinion!

 

[Jan-Paul Charteris]

Agree with (leucistic) Black-headed Gull. Seen 2 or 3 with very similar plumage in large inland gull roosts over the years (so to answer John, I think it is a fairly frequent mutation in BHGs)